Re: Natural Order of Events
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 23:32 |
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On Jan 28, 2009, at 3∞08 PM, Chris Peters wrote:��> There are multiple
Japanese verbs that translate to the English "to�> wear", depending on how
you put on the particular item of�> clothing. On the head like a hat; around
the body like a coat;�> pull up like pants, etc.��One of my favorite lost
English pairs is the following:��to don/to doff��Meaning "to put on (a
hat)" and "to remove (a hat)". They're�so wonderfully specific, and oddly
look as if they're morphologically�related (what's the etymology? It looks
like "d" + "on" and "d"
+�"off").��-David�*******************************************************************�"sunly
eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze."�"No eternal reward will forgive
us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.conlang.org/�
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